Listing 5–1. Exercising Android’s Prefabricated Applications
public class IntentsUtils
{
public static void invokeWebBrowser(Activity activity)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("http://www.google.com"));
activity.startActivity(intent);
}
public static void invokeWebSearch(Activity activity)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("http://www.google.com"));
activity.startActivity(intent);
}
public static void dial(Activity activity)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL);
activity.startActivity(intent);
}
public static void call(Activity activity)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:555–555–5555"));
activity.startActivity(intent);
}
public static void showMapAtLatLong(Activity activity)
{
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
//geo:lat,long?z=zoomlevel&q=question-string
intent.setData(Uri.parse("geo:0,0?z=4&q=business+near+city"));
activity.startActivity(intent);
}
public static void tryOneOfThese(Activity activity)
{
IntentsUtils.invokeWebBrowser(activity);
}
}